Hey, my first graphic novel, Set to Sea, is finally back in print! The hardback’s been sold out for over a year – I’ve been having fun watching the secondhand prices rise to ridiculous levels on Amazon. But Fantagraphics has finally brought out this snazzy new paperback, and I did a brand new wraparound cover for it. It’s very blue. So, so, blue. We had to work hard to get it this blue, with weeks of color samples going back and forth – I’m sure the designers over at Fantagraphics all hate me now.

If you click on that, it’ll take you to the Fanta page for the book, with a preview and a little video and all the blurbs you can eat, like the nice review it got by NPR and New York Magazine. It’s pretty different from Margo Maloo (and not suitable for little kids), but maybe you’ll take a look?

Hey everyone, I am feeling really good about working on Margo Maloo! That’s why I’m launching a Patreon campaign for it. The idea behind Patreon is, patrons can chip in small amounts of money that directly to support the comic! In return, there are some unique rewards, like behind-the-scenes stuff, sketches, and other bonus material. Plus, (and this is the main thing) the more you support Margo, the more time I can take to work on it – so you get more pages, sooner! Here’s a little video I made:

Dear reader, I see we’ve stumbled into the dusky realms of Chapter 2! And I see Thompson is bound to once again find himself entangled in the monstrous underbelly of Echo City. Let’s all sit back and see what trouble he encounters this time.

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This month marks the release of an exciting book: How to Be Happy, by Eleanor Davis – who just so happens to be my wife. This short story collection, though decidedly NOT kid-friendly, is full of the beautiful, fluid art and deeply moving pieces that she’s been creating for the last few years. It’s an amazing book, and I couldn’t be more proud of her. I hope you consider giving it a look (assuming you are, of course, not a Kid.) It’s available at your finer local indie book and comic stores, directly from the publisher, and, if all else fails, on Amazon.

Hey y’all, next page will be up this Thursday. That’ll be the last page of this chapter. Then there’s going to be a season break for the month of June. I’ll be back with Chapter 2 of the Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo starting in July!

Remember that painting I made a while back, for Papercutter? The painting with hundreds of reader-submitted cat portraits, swirling in a feline vortex? Staring back at you, into your very soul?

Yeah, well, enough people requested a print of that image, that I’ve gone and added it to our Little House shop site. And it is HUGE. An almost poster-sized 13″ by 19.” So click over and order away – just don’t hold me responsible for any side effects. Eleanor’s got a nice new print as well, for the book store lady (or fella) in your life:

There’s some other original artwork by both her and me, including this vintage Blar pin-up.